U.S. health officials are warning travelers about a potentially deadly insect-borne virus known as sloth fever that has infected 21 U.S. residents returning from Cuba and thousands more in South ...

At the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago, a ground sloth that stood 8 to 10 feet tall went extinct. Now, bones belonging to one have been found in Kansas.

After leaving his car windows open overnight, the man documented his adorable sloth encounter in a now-viral video Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE ...

Visitors to Minnesota’s Como Park Zoo witnessed a sloth give birth. Sago, a Hoffman’s two-toed sloth, surprised everyone, including the zoo staff.

This sloth shutdown was sloooooooow moving. After 18 months, Long Island officials finally put an exotic animal store — and its seven sloths — out of business. Larry Wallach charged $50 a pop ...

The sloth is located off the northbound side of I-5, alongside of Lake Samish. Between the southern end of Lake Samish and the point at which the lake curves away from the highway, WSDOT recorded ...

What to know about ‘sloth fever’ as U.S., Europe warn of imported cases. Twenty cases of the Oropouche virus disease were reported in Florida and one in New York.

A vulnerable sloth is seen facing off against a large dog in an image that highlights a heartbreaking conservation issue.. American photographer Suzi Eszterhas entered it into the 58th Wildlife ...

Sloth bones carved into ornaments indicate humans coexisted with megafauna thousands of years earlier than previously ... pointing to direct interaction between humans and giant ground sloths.

Sago, a two-toed sloth, gave birth on April 2 in front of an audience. Como Park Zoo & Conservatory.

Attacks on humans commonly occur when a sloth bear is startled at close range, just as with the tigers in the study. The bears also tend to stand up, swat and charge in a similar way. Mr. Sharp ...